Quantifying the influence of the tobacco industry on eu governance: automated content analysis of the eu tobacco products directive

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 473-478

  Costa, Hélia ^a   Gilmore, Anna B ^b   Peeters, Silvy ^b   McKee, Martin ^c   Stuckler, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LOBBYING; ORGANIZATIONS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84908090788     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051822     Document Type: Article

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